Brenham Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Brenham, Texas 77833
Sunday, February 27, 2011 13:00 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot reported that he was arriving to land at a busy non-towered airport. He inadvertently forgot to extend the landing gear, partly because of the strong gusting headwind he experienced on final approach. His attention was directed toward making a smooth touchdown when he suddenly saw the propeller stop as it contacted the runway surface. After the airplane came to a stop, the pilot removed his electronic noise canceling headphones and he then heard the landing gear warning horn which was not wired into the audio interphone system. As a result of the impact sequence, there was substantial damage to the fuselage structure.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during the approach resulting in a gear-up landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/27/2011
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1300
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City Brenham
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 77833
Event Date Year 2011
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 301306N
Event Location Longitude 0962216W
Event Location Airport Brenham Municipal Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 11R
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 318
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1255 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID K11R
Elevation of weather observation facility 319
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3200
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 26
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 20
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 26
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.72
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 28288
NTSB Notification Source Direct notification from opera
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 6 2011 12:57PM
User who most recently changed record rows
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N437D
NTSB Number CEN11CA212
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model G35
Aircraft Series Identifier NO SERIES
Aircraft Serial Number D-4530
Certified Max Gross Weight 2775
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats 2
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 2
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Nov 2 2010 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 35
Airframe Hours 5485
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type C91-A
Aircraft Owner Name Henry A Curd
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Cypress
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 77429
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name Henry A Curd
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Cypress
Operator State TX
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 77429
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code TS07
Departure City Cypress
Departure State TX
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1240
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 11R
Destination City Brenham
Destination State TX
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 30 2011 10:27AM
User who most recently changed record latt
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 17
Runway Length 6003
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --